Geoff Forse is 64 and has lived in the Leicester West constituency for more than 20 years. He is chair of the Woodgate Residents Association and helps run the Woodgate Resources Centre, a popular community centre in the constituency. Forse stood in the 1997 and 2005 general elections (Leicester West). He was the national elections co-ordinator from 1999 to 2004 running the 2001 general and 2004 European elections. Forse currently works as a tour manager, taking people on holiday by train.